Lexicographical Neighbors of Baidarkas
Literary usage of Baidarkas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World: During the Years 1803 by Georg Heinrich Langsdorff (1817)
"Their Habitations. Their Food, Clothing and Ornaments. Tattooing. Occupations oft/if
Men.—The baidarkas or Canoes.—Tlie of the Women-——Their Religion. ..."
2. Bering's Voyages: An Account of the Efforts of the Russians to Determine the by Frank Alfred Golder, Leonhard Stejneger (1922)
"When the Russians first came in contact with the Aleuts the baidarkas were ...
"At 6 o'clock two baidarkas were seen coming towards us, one man in each boat ..."
3. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, T. Arundel Harcourt, Albert Goldschmidt, Walter Mulrea Fisher, William Nemos (1874)
"... inhabitants pursue them in baidarkas. Their whale-lance is about six feet in
length, and pointed with a stone upon which is engraved the owner's mark. ..."
4. Narrative of a Journey Round the World, During the Years 1841 and 1842 by Sir George Simpson (1847)
"For this purpose, they keep together in fleets of perhaps a hundred baidarkas each.
Proceeding in calm weather to some spot, known to be a favorite haunt of ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... LEONHARD, Aleut baidarkas in Kamchatka, 62 Stejneger, Leonhard, Investigation
of Seals, 46; Explorations of, 601 Stellar's Sea Cow and the Dugong, ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1815)
"... and almost all were killed : a very few of the Aleutians alone saved themselves
by taking to theii baidarkas. It was by these people, who kept along the ..."
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